Type-holder



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JOI-IN CALVIN CORBETT, OF CORBETT, NORTH CAROLINA.

TYPE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,460, dated August 14, 1894.

Application filed January 6, 1894.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JOHN CALVIN CORBETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corbett, in the county of Caswell and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Type-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in type-holders; the objects in View being to produce a convenient, simply constructed and cheap device for supporting in an accessible manner, type or 'dies belonging to handstamps, commonly employed in offices and other places 5 to so construct-the aforesaid device that the location of any particular type or die may be' manifest to the operator or user of the stamp; and hence the change of dates readily accompli-shed; and furthermore,

to so construct a stamp that any type or die may be readily inserted in position and as readily removed therefrom, when occasion may require itsuse.

Other objects and advantages of the invention Will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof `will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawingsz--Figure l is a plan view of my preferred form of type or die-holder, or the form that I have found convenient for ordinary use; Fig. 2 is a radial sectional-view through the same, on line -x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged radial sectional-vienT through one of the type receiving openings.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the iigures of the drawings.

In the practice of my invention and the construction of my preferred form of holder, I employ a base or stand l, flared at its bottom at 2 to form a stat le support, andI surmount the upper end of this base or stand by a disk 3. The disk 3 may be of cast-metal or of wood, as preferred, and is swiveled upon the upper end of the stand by means of an axialpin 4. In the present instance I have shown the disk as constructed of wood, and. I form `in the same an inner and an outer concen` tric series of radially disposed openings 5 and 6, respectively. The outer series are at the periphery of the disk, and said periphery is encircled by a metal band 7. The outer series of type openings are formed by recesses Serial No. 495.967. (No model.)

arranged in an annular series at the periphery of the disk, and they are closed at their outer ends by the metal band 7. Upon this baud and upon theupper side or face of the disk, I imprint the character, numeral, or other matter which the type or die represents that the opening is to receive. Inasmuch as these disks are principally employed for containing the type of the ordinary datingstamp, the outeropeniugs are intended therefore, to contain the dates from l to 3l, and the inner openings for containing those type representing the months of the year, as Well as the years, as will be obvious; and there will be exposed to the plain view of the operator, Whether the device be viewed from side or top, the character or date which the type or opening represents.

Arranged in each of the openiugsis an L- shaped light spring S. The said springs being located at theinner ends of the openings and having their lower horizontal portions 10, extending under the disk and secured to the under surface of said disk by means of pins l1, or otherwise. The vertical portions l2, of these springs converge slightly toward the upper opposite end of the opposite walls of the openingsv as shown, and above said points are inwardly deflected at 13, to guide the type in place and their extremities bent or coiled to form guard-ends 14. If preferred, each end of each opening may be thus provided with a spring, so that there would be *Wo springs to an opening. 4

15 designates a type or die, which is slightly less in Width than the opening in which it is inserted, so that when inserting a type, the vertical portions of the springs are forced iuward to make room'for the type or die.

It will be obvious that by providing the openings with the springs shown, the several type or dies are securely held in position against any possible displacement, and that the holder may be moved about from place to place, or accidentally knocked over or otherwise jarred, and yet the type will maintain their positions.

By the arrangement, any one having charge -of the stamp may readily change the date therein, picking-out at a glance the proper type for making the change, and as readily may replace the type in its proper position.

It 1s to be noted at this point that the spec1ic`shape of the holding springs 8 affords the best possible means for securely holding or clampmg the type or dies in the openings of the disk, while at the same time providing for the ready insertion of said type or die in the openings and the withdrawal thereof therefro'm. As already described, the Vertical port1ons 12, of the springs 8, near their lower fixed ends 10, are slightly converged toward'the upper 4opposite ends of the open- 1ngs in which they are fitted as shown in the drawings, and this construction provides the spr1ngs with a slight bulge or projection intermediate of their ends to insure a rm gripping of the type orVY dies, and the upper I Iaving described my invention, what I claim iss- The hereindescribed type or die holder consisting of a ystationary stand, a'rotating disk supported to turn on said stand and provided with concentric series of radially disposed openings, the outer circle of openings being formed in the periphery of the disk, a metal band snugly encircling the periphery of said disk to inclose in the outer circle ot' openings, and Lshaped type or die holding springs arranged in the openings of said disk in front of one of the end walls thereof, said springs being secured fast at their inner ends to the under side of said disk and having their outer ends projecting through the openings beyond the upper side of the disk and inwardly deflected to form guide portions, the portions of the springs directly beyond their secured ends being slightly converged toward the upper opposite ends of the opposite walls of the openings in which they are located, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aftixed my signature in the vpresence of two witnesses.

` JOHN CALVIN CORBETT. Witnesses:

C. L. MALONE,

G. T. WILLIAMS. 

